BASIC • Victor Vieira-Branco’s Bark Culture • Loren Connors
About This Event
At Union Pool BASIC performs with Victor Vieira-Branco’s Bark Culture and guitarist Loren Connors. The bill places BASIC’s plainspoken indie-rock and synth-pop songs alongside Bark Culture’s texture-and-momentum sets and Loren Connors’s restrained, drone-leaning guitar. Victor Vieira‑Branco appears as a vibraphonist, composer and improviser; he is based in Philadelphia after spending much of his life in and around São Paulo, Brazil.
About the Artists
BASIC
BASIC is a Rock/Pop group working in the overlap of indie rock and synth-pop, with recent material circling the plainspoken critique and digital-age posture associated with “Basic Being Basic.” In New York City, they appear at Union Pool on a bill with Victor Vieira-Branco’s Bark Culture and guitarist Loren Connors, a context that frames their songs against more textural and guitar-driven approaches.
Victor Vieira-Branco
Victor Vieira-Branco is a vibraphonist, composer, improviser, and presenter, based in Philadelphia, PA after spending much of his life in and around São Paulo, Brazil.
Bark Culture
Bark Culture is a rock/pop group heard in New York City rooms like Union Pool, often appearing in bills that pair contrasting approaches to song and guitar craft. The project has shared stages with BASIC, Victor Vieira-Branco, and Loren Connors, placing it in an orbit that moves between indie-pop structure and more open-ended playing.
Loren Connors
Loren Connors is a guitarist and songwriter whose work moves between rock forms and the electroacoustic edge of drone and avant-garde music. His playing often favors restraint and tonal focus over spectacle, letting sustained notes and fractured melodies carry the narrative.